Bike to Work
January 15, 2007
It has been a month now since I decided to cut loose and try to go to work by bike. Here’s the background: I love to bike, But the last time I ride a bicycle was back in senior high. The reason was simple, I don’t have time. Workloads at school and some other hobbies occupy my mind to try to ride a bike again. The bike was in the attic all those years.
So now, we back in present year. The “Bike to Work” movements suddenly emerge in the early 2005. It contaminates many urban city workers. Especially those who commute. Including in my own office
Started with Mas Ari from the production division. He arrived at the office one morning, wearing a bicycle jersey and make quite impression to the other guys. After a brief Q&A session, his testimonial changes some of the guys way of thinking regarding the transports to work. Then my friend Dodi started to ride a bike to work. Until October 2006, 4 guys at the office have decided to go to work in a bike.
Me? No, at first I have yet gone undecided. Though the guys were pushing me day to day, forcing me to use a bike instead of mass transport (In this case using an “Angkot”). The reason? I guess it was concerning my hectic job. I don’t have the time to taking care a bike anymore. I once think that it would take some time and some effort to maintain a bike. Well this is true in certain (positive) way.
One crowded morning; I went to the office using the usual transport (that’s the Angkot if you miss me from before). It was 10 minutes before I was declared late, yet I’m stuck at this miserable traffic jam. That’s when I decided, “OK! That’s it I can’t take this anymore!” After I arrived at the office, I started to ask guidance to the guys. They happily accept my decision with open arms (I guess they think their poison has succeeded to sting me too).
So, that weekend I brought down my old dad bikes from the attic and brought it to a bicycle shop to reset that bike. I’m officially went “bike to work” that very Monday.
Usually, I went to work at six in the morning. It only took about 50 minutes (if I go slow) to arrive at the office. It’s not as far as some people think; the distance is around 10 – 12 kilometers (I don’t know the exact distance for I don’t have the tool to measure it yet)
Now, after one Bike To Work gathering, one Fun Bike invitation, one Culinary Tour, a couple of million rupiahs spend to bought a new bike (yeah, again those guys have succeeded to persuade me to buy a new state-of-the-art bike), I have officially back to my old hobby, ride a bike. But not only that, I ride a bike…to work!!
So, you’ll find a new category in my blog regarding this new old hobby of mine.
Oh yeah, here are a couple of photos of my new bike. Look cool isn’t it?
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Okay, life must go on, right? So with the spirit of Sumpah Pemuda and the recent festive of Pesta Blogger 2007. I officially announce that:
It's just around the corner, not very far away.
The reason? Well you can say that I'm getting bored with Wordpress and I want to try something new. But trust me, I won't move it anywhere else in the future, I will use patvandiest.com as my main blog, always. I promise you that!
So please... please update your bookmark, I will forever graceful if you do that. But if you are reading my blog through my Feedburner account, worry not, I will automatically update the link. That goes to my other social networking related link.
I won't delete this blog, though. I will keep it as past archives of my writings.
So, sorry for this inconvinience. I hope you don't mind. See you at my other room.
Sincerely Yours,
Patrick Gerard van Diest
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